GM Texas style

A map of proposed plan for Texas' US Congressional Districts is seen at a public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin, Texas, on Friday. Eric Gay/AP

Let Texas secede as the craziness in the 2nd largest state in America has reach historic proportions. From gerrymandering to the extreme to favor repugs election hopes to abortion, the overall insanity expressed by Abbot and company boggles the mind. We are in free fall, jump started by the administration from hell with internment camps being built on military bases to the elimination of research and science initiatives needed to keep this country relevant on the world stage. We are in crisis mode 24/7, a situation not thought possible until now.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said he had signed civil warrants for the Democratic lawmakers who fled the state. The speaker told reporters that House Republicans will work with the Texas Department of Public Safety “to locate members.” He said one Democrat had announced a fundraiser Tuesday in Austin.

Abbott said in a statement he had ordered DPS “to locate, arrest, and return to the House chamber any member who has abandoned their duty to Texans.”

The House Democrats’ decision to flee the state and deny majority Republicans a quorum comes as the state’s legislature seeks to redraw the Texas congressional districts to make five seats more favorable for the GOP. Doing so would improve the party’s chances of holding onto control of the US House, where they now have a three-seat majority, next November.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he would do “everything in my power” to force Democrats back to Austin.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that the House does have the authority physically compel the attendance of absent members.

Maybe Abbot can enlist ICE to get the dems in question.
After all, they now have the resources to do it, right?